Taking another initiative in implementing Swachh Bharat Mission, Punjab will organise a national workshop on overcoming challenges in Municipal Solid Waste Management in Indian cities on September 22. Deputy Chief Minister Sukhbir Singh Badal would participate and interact with the participants of this workshop.
An official spokesman said that many challenges were being faced by all stakeholders, on the road to make India clean, safe, hygienic and livable towards achieving the goal of Swachh Bharat Mission. “With extensive participation of top functionaries of State Governments, Municipal Commissioners, National and International Companies in Solid Waste Management, technology providers, NGOs and public representatives, this workshop will be an excellent platform for knowledge gain through experience sharing and networking”, he added.
Describing ‘Punjab Integrated Municipal Solid Waste Management Project’ a Step towards achieving total Sanitation, the spokesman said that this project of Punjab Government has set an example for nation.
Giving the detail of the project, the Spokesman said that under this State level MSW management program, entire State of Punjab has been divided into eight MSW Clusters namely Bathinda, Ferozepur, ludhiana, Jalandhar, Amritsar, Patiala, GMADA and Pathankot.
“At present, the integrated MSW Project is functional in three clusters namely Bathinda, Ferozpur and Jalandhar. Door to door collection of MSW has been started in above mentioned three clusters and remaining five clusters are under development stage. The clusters under development stage, namely ludhiana, Amritsar, Patiala, GMADA, Pathankot and ludhiana are available for contracting”, he added.